OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Apocynum floribundum   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Apocynum ×floribundum [androsaemifolium × cannabinum]   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-03-002:

Apocynum medium   FAMILY Apocynaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Intermediate Dogbane


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Apocynum floribundum   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Apocynum ×floribundum [androsaemifolium × cannabinum]   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-03-002:
Apocynum medium   FAMILY Apocynaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2675

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forests, woodlands, roadsides, pastures, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Uncommon in NC, rare in SC

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
White/Pink/Greenish
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx, minute
5-lobed urceolate to campanulate corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Paired follicles

 

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